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Show High Water and B The Gonsoquoncos. H-' With the laku uliovr compro- H miso point ami nil iiioiiiituin H Htronina swollon to Iho cupucity B of their I'lmmiuls vu mo called B upon lo witness .siglfts not unlike B thuhO of old times 1ml wholly un- B like uuythinjj witnessed for bov- Hj oral years. Low land in many B instaneea is being Hooded with B water. On home of this low land B, buildings or other improvements B have been made during the dry B Heabous. The&o of com he are K boing damaged .seriously, and K should the water continue to rise H. for any length of time ninny of K them will ho ruined. This is B especially the cuso near Salt Lake B and Ogdon, hut is more or less B true in other parts of the state. B' Wo aro so apt lo forget that Bt what has boon may at anytime B. occur again. We build houses, B railroads or Qvcu cities with little B B a( "WgnrH fqwhollfor tho old con- B ditions havo passed forever, and L must thcroforo occasionally come K in contact with natures forces in B thu shape of Hoods, earthquakes, B volcanoes, etc. B Experience and good judgment B would suggest euro in locating B improvomonts and yet not so B much caution that tho spirit of K progress would thereby lw ic- K tarded. Either extreme is dan- aaC B gurous. Tho man who thought- B' lessly invests his means in enter- B prises with little possibility 01 B success is unwise. Hut no more B is ho who, for fear of sustaining a H loss, fails to take part in improv- K ing ami building. |